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Product Review |
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Week of September 17, 2007 |
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Berkley Soft Baits |
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Berkley Gulp! 10" Turtle Back Worm Big fish love big baits. The new Berkley Gulp! 10" Turtleback Worm gives anglers two must-haves in the same bait.
First, the large profile of the 10" Turtleback Worm is easy for a big bass to see – even in stained water or in heavy cover. Second, this large bait is made from Gulp!, which disperses scent through the water like a blood trail, expanding the strike zone and drawing fish in even when they don’t see it.
The 10" Turtle Back Worm disperses even more scent than smaller baits, giving anglers more of an advantage. The combination of great action and the promise of a big meal coupled with the scent and flavor of Gulp! gives anglers a great soft bait for Texas rigging and still durable enough to withstand big strikes and use around heavy cover.
Specifics Include: •Size: 10" •Primary species: Largemouth Bass •Colors: Black, Black Grape with Green Fleck, Blue Fleck, BS Black, Green Pumpkin, Pumpkinseed, Purple, Red Shad, Red Shad with Green Glitter, Watermelon, Watermelon with Red Glitter and Tequila Sunrise •Gulp! scent and flavor •Techniques: Texas rig, Weedless Jigheads
•Pak of 4
About $5.49
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted bass; each have their own characteristics. But they all have one thing in common: when they shut down, they can still be caught on a shaky head jig. Designed for when cold fronts and post-spawn behaviors make bites hard to come by, the new Gulp! Slim Shaky Worm is designed to seat flush against a jig head and provide plenty of wiggle as it stands up in the water.
With a bulbous tail and a flat bottom, this Slim Shaky Worm also has a smooth gliding action on the fall and has plenty of movement as it is dragged or bounced on bottom. Because it’s made of Gulp!, it’s perfect to fish slowly and let the scent and flavor work. By keeping the bait in the fish’s mouth longer, anglers have more positive hook sets and more caught fish with the shaky head technique that makes strikes hard to detect.
Specifics Include: •Size: 4¾" •Primary species: Bass, walleye •Colors: Baby Bass, Black, Black Emerald, Blue Fleck, Blue Tick, Green Pumpkin, Junebug, Junebug Candy, Pumpkinseed, Red Shad, Silver Bruise, The General, Watermelon, Watermelon Red Glitter •Gulp! scent and flavor •Finesse bait for clear water applications
•Techniques: Jig
trailer, Wacky, Carolina rig •Pak of 10
About $5.49
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
Berkley Gulp! And PowerBait Trout Baits Regardless of presentation, the three new trout and panfish baits from Berkley are destined to catch fish. The new Gulp! Trout Dough is the first jarred bait with the formulation of biodegradable Gulp!. For a more active technique the new PowerBait Atomic Tube and Atomic Teaser are available pre-rigged on lead-free jigs.
The Atomic Tube has cut tentacles for added action, while the Atomic Teaser is an enhanced Atomic Tube with the additional of a tiny trout worm.
Specifics Include: •First Trout Dough with the Gulp! Formula •Atomic Tubes have cut tentacles
•Pre-rigged Teasers
w/Atomic Tube & worm trailer
•Lead free jig heads •Techniques: Ultra-light jig fishing, trout/panfish rigs, drift fishing
About $6.49 (1¾ oz jar of Gulp! Trout Dough)
About $4.29 ( 10 Pak of Atomic Tubes, or 5 Atomic Teasers)
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
Berkley PowerBait Kavajecz & Parson’s Jig Minnow Power Pack In any discussion about the greatest walleye anglers of all time, two of the first names mentioned are always Keith Kavajecz and Gary Parsons. These top pros have made a living of not only catching fish, but educating fellow anglers on how to catch their own.
Now, these two Berkley pro staff members have collaborated to select the tackle and bait for a new Berkley PowerBait Walleye Power Packs— K&P's Jig Minnow Kit. The Jig Minnow Kit includes two jig heads and a selection of 3" & 4" PowerBait Realistix Minnows.
Available in the most popular colors to suit anglers from the Great Lakes to the South, these Pro Packs can help any angler catch walleyes like a pro. The primary Species is walleye and Freshwater Multi-species. Included in the kit are 3" & 4" PowerBait Realistix Power Minnows.
Specifics Include:
•Colors: Black Shad,
Chartreuse Shad, Firetiger,
Glow Chartreuse, Rainbow Smelt, Smelt •3 & 4" Realistix Power Minnows, jigs •Technique: Jig fishing •Pak of 10 (5 ea 3 & 4") 2 jigs (1 ea 1/8 & ¼ oz)
About $4.99
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
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The new Berkley Gulp! 5" Jumbo Leech is oriented just like a real leech: it’s tapered for more action with a thicker, meatier head that stays up on the hook and is more durable. Even with missed bites, the Gulp! 5" Jumbo Leech stays on the hook eliminating lost bait and time.
Perfect for use on a drop shot, jig head or any other tactic where anglers use live leeches, this bait can be used anywhere. And because it’s Gulp!, it outfishes live bait by dispersing scent through the water like a blood trail and convincing fish that it is real food.
The Berkley Gulp! 5" Jumbo Leech also eliminates the need for expensive bait store leeches, giving anglers more time and money to spend on fishing and not buying and keeping bait alive.
Specifics Include: •Size: 5" •Primary species: Bass, walleyes •Colors: 3-Mile Leech, Black, Black Olive, Black Red Fleck, Pumpkinseed •Gulp! scent and flavor
•Lifelike texture and
action •Techniques: Jigging, trailer, drop shot, slip bobbers •Pak of 8
About $5.49
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
While efforts to eradicate the goby from the Great Lakes region continue, it has been noted that goby are a prime food source for the smallmouth in these enormous fisheries.
The new Berkley Gulp! Goby is a 4" bait with a realistically big head and body that mimics the species. Fished on a drop shot or a jig head, these baits are the size and shape designed to imitate the smallmouth bass’s preferred prey. Plus, it’s made of Gulp!, so the bait releases scent through the water like a blood trail, expanding the strike zone by drawing in fish from further away and convincing them that it is really food.
Specifics Include: •Size: 4" •Primary species: Smallies, walleyes •Colors: Camo, Goby Magic, Green Pumpkin w/Copper Fleck, Green Pumpkin w/Gold Fleck, Green Pumpkin Pearl, Melon Pepper, New Penny, Pumpkin Chartreuse, Pumpkinseed, Smelt, Smoke w/Purple Fleck, Watermelon w/Red Glitter •Gulp! scent and flavor •Versatile body shape for multiple techniques •Techniques: Dropshot, jigging, Texas rig, Carolina rig
•Pak of 8
About $5.49
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
Berkley Gulp! And PowerBait Trout/Panfish/Crappie Baits Berkley introduces a panfish arsenal of baits sure to entice trout, crappie, perch and bluegill. The Gulp! Waxies, mimicking larvae, and Gulp! 2" long Fish Fry, mimicking bait fish, include the Gulp! advantage, releasing 400 times more scent and flavor than plastic baits.
The new PowerBait Atomic Tubes take small tubes to a new level with cut tentacles to enhance the bait action while the Atomic Teaser adds a trout worm trailer. Fish hold onto PowerBait products 18 times longer than other baits. These two tube bait offerings are available pre-rigged (1/32 and 1/16 oz jigs) and unrigged and in a wide array of colors.
Specifics Include: •Un-rigged & rigged Tubes have cut tentacles •Pre-rigged Teasers w/Tube & worm trailer •Lead free jig heads
•Waxies and Fish Fry
made from Gulp! •Techniques: Ultra-light jig fishing, crappie rigs, under a bobber
About $5.49 (Jar of 24 Waxies)
About $3.99 (1.1 oz pak of Fish Fry)
berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
Berkley PowerBait Beetle Spin Mullet The lure designers at Berkley took one of the most successful fresh water baits, the Beetle Spin, and reworked it for saltwater applications. The end result is bait that catches fish in both environments, the Berkley Power Bait Beetle Spin Mullet.
The bait is designed for shallow red fish and bass but works equally well with deeper retrieves. The slower the retrieve the deeper the bait runs and because of the high quality ball bearing swivel, the blade turns as long as the bait is moving whether on the fall or a snails pace retrieve. Fish that bite the PowerBait trailer hang on longer than they do conventional trailers resulting on more positive hook sets.
Available in eight different colors the Beetle Spin Mullet is built with saltwater resistant hardware.
Specifics Include: •Size: ¼, and ½ oz •Colors: Chartreuse Sparkle Black Tiger, Morning Glory, Louisiana Purple, Opening Night, Pearl Black Tiger, Rootbeer Gold with Chartreuse Tail, Strawberry White, Watermelon with Red Glitter •Heavy gauge wire
•Ultra-strong hook,
corrosion resistant •Lifelike colors •Techniques: Steady retrieve, stop and go retrieve
About $6.49 berkley@purefishing.com 800-237-5539
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